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Good turnout. I saw a few members, but don't know names (though I now know I saw hatbeard not on Tooley St!). I saw folk from yacf and CycleChat too, though I don't know about the BR crowd. I was carrying a spare 23 gears (actually 20: It's a long story), so may not have been as obvious as if I'd been on my fixed.
I felt we should have extended the protest a bit. Twice across the bridge would have been better, and several people commented that it ended a bit soon and without focus. I suppose that might be the essence of a flashride, but how much it was one is moot, given that it was organised with the plod in advance.
Talking of which, I think they acquitted themselves well. Unlike last time, where we got a pillock on a motorbike riding into the middle of the southbound lane, this time we had veloplod doing a good job of keeping motorists calm and out of the way. As Northbound reopened, I saw a motorbike trying to push through, and being kept behind the line rather expertly. Not often I am impressed with policing operations in The Great Wen, so it's worth mentioning when they get it right.
Now, do you think TfL were paying any more attention than were their workmen, blithely continuing to do the Wrong Thing at the north end of the bridge?